BIOGRAPHY
RJD2 (Ramble John Krohn, b. 1976) was born in Eugene, Oregon and raised in Columbus, Ohio, where he cut his teeth DJing for the rap group MHz before releasing his self-styled mix CD Your Face or Your Kneecaps on Bobbito Garcia's Fondle 'Em label in 2001. He broke through the following year with his solo debut Deadringer on El-P's Definitive Jux, an acclaimed set of cinematic, sample-based instrumental hip-hop. He went on to form Soul Position with fellow Columbus rapper Blueprint, release Since We Last Spoke and The Third Hand as a solo artist, and team with Aceyalone for Magnificent City, whose track "A Beautiful Mine" became the theme song for AMC's Mad Men. He runs his own label, RJ's Electrical Connections, and now lives in Philadelphia.